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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter by Paul Steinhardt

oldwindways's review against another edition

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adventurous informative slow-paced

3.75

pcastleton's review against another edition

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4.0

Read this and then go watch Werner Herzog's most recent documentary Fireball.

gubz's review against another edition

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5.0

Never thought I’d read a book on icosahedral 5-fold symmetrical quasicrystals but here I am. I have a new appreciation of geochemistry

pugreads's review

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informative lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

4.5

rachetomars's review against another edition

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adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

borzoinked's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

lupazawa's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

cooker3's review against another edition

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5.0

This is a wonderful book that taught me about a branch of science I knew nothing about and combined with a rip-roaring detective story that takes the beginning of our solar system, KGB agents, illegal mineral dealing and a journey to Siberia.
I really liked it showed science and scientific discovery is not some dry boring event but an exciting up and down journey of discovery.

cahelion's review against another edition

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adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

starstuff's review against another edition

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I was hoping it would be more engaging and exciting. But not all scientist can write riveting popular science books. I need more lyricism with my science (like Carl Sagan’s and Richard Dawkins’ books).